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Mr. Pompeo’s warning on July 13 is the first known rebuke from a senior US official to Russia over the bounties program, and it runs counter to President Trump’s insistence that the intelligence from U.S. government agencies over the matter is a “hoax.” nytimes.com/2020/08/07/world/asia/pompeo-russia-afghanistan-bounties.html?referringSource=articleShare
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Confirming the above by @ewong & @EricSchmittNYT, Pompeo publicly says that he warned Sergey V. Lavro, Russia's foreign minister, against paying bounties to kill US/coalition troops. Says there has been senior military-to-military warning too. state.gov/secretary-michael-r-pompeo-with-ray-furlong-of-radio-free-europe-radio-liberty/